GOING GLOBAL, STAYING LOCAL • May 31st – June 1st 2012

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Conference Information

The CUNY Graduate Center and the International Centre for Language Revitalisation of the Auckland University of Technology will hold a two-day symposium on language revitalization in New York City May 31st – June 1st 2012. The first day will include two keynote addresses and a host of invited speakers, followed by an evening reception in honor of Dr. Joshua Fishman, concluding with a film screening and roundtable with Dr. Tīmoti Kāretu and Dr. Wharehuia Milroy (Māori). The second day will include a poster session, presentations from UNESCO, the Smithsonian Institution and the International Centre for Language Revitalisation, concluding with a film festival and roundtable hosted in cooperation with the Film and Video Center of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. A central goal of the symposium is to share successful revitalization strategies. Oral presentations will be organized around the following themes:

• Learning that works
• Development of tools, resources, and materials
• Collaborative initiatives between communities and academics
• Increasing awareness of threatened languages and revitalization movements

Keynote Speakers

We are happy to provide a live stream of talks given by speakers at Language Revitalization in the 21st Century. Events are held at The CUNY Graduate Center during the day of May 31st and at The National Museum of The American Indian during that evening and the following day. Streaming video from The CUNY Graduate Center is available here under Live Videos, and streaming video from The National Museum of the American Indian is available here.